Gilad Schalit
Gilad Schalit: Six Years of Freedom
Gershon Baskin pledges to continue to try to build bridges across very deep divides between people in our region.
Gilad Schalit
Gilad Shalit: The Dramatic Moments leading up to his release
Gershon Baskin describes his involvement in the dramatic moments leading up to the release of Gilad Shalit, including the role of of Sara Netanyahu, the wife of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Gilad Schalit
New Revelations about the Kidnapping and Release of Gilad Shalit
Gershon Baskin shares new revelations about his role in the Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange.
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Bringing Gilad Shalit home
“The Negotiator” by Gershon Baskin offers a behind the scenes look at the negotiations that brought Israel’s soldier home from Hamas captivity.
Gilad Schalit
How Israel negotiates with Hamas
Gershon Baskin, who helped negotiate the release of Gilad Shalit, discusses Israeli soldier abductions with Anderson Cooper, the anchor of CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360 degrees
Gilad Schalit
Talking with Gilad Shalit’s dad
Gershon Baskin told Noam, the father of Gilad Shalit, that Gilad was kept literally underground by his Hamas captors and saw the sun on one day over the span of more than five years and that he was near death.
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Secret Schalit negotiations unveiled
“The Negotiator” is not entirely reassuring when it comes to the larger peace process. “Look, Gershon, I will never recognize Israel or make peace with it,” one senior Hamas leader told Baskin. “Neither will my son. What my grandson will do, I do not know.” But Baskin insists on seeing a glimmer of hope in these words: “At least the door might open in two generations.”
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Gershon Baskin, The Negotiator: An Optimism Like I’ve Never Heard Before
Rather than painting Hamas as the monolithic enemy, Baskin retold tales of his personal meetings with members of Hamas and the diversity and nuance of their stances.
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Seeking Peace Among the Warriors
The Negotiator: Freeing Gilad Schalit is the story of Gershon Baskin, who decided to act on his own, without government support, to free Schalit. Thus begins the extraordinary tale of one man and how his contacts on all sides of the bitter ideological-political divide eventually helped free the soldier.
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Talking to Terrorists: ‘The Negotiator: Freeing Gilad Schalit From Hamas’
Gershon Baskin remains optimistic. He believes that Israeli-Palestinian peace is possible, the conflict is solvable and that negotiations can succeed only via a secret direct back channel. That is why he continues his efforts.